Chapter 490: I Couldn't Do It

"Jessie, what's wrong?" "Jessie, what happened? Open the door and talk to Mom." "Jessie!" Miranda heard Jessie Ryder crying inside her room, the kind of sobbing that sounded like a heart breaking for good. She hurried to the door and knocked, desperate to get an answer. But Jessie refused to open it. All Miranda could do was stand there and listen to those ragged, dying sobs spilling out through the wood, one after another, as if Jessie was trying to cry herself empty. Miranda's worry curdled...